Many tell similar stories -- of Burma soldiers firing indiscriminately on their ... side of Naf river near the Bangladeshi town of Teknaf on Monday. ... Myanmar denies Rohingya exist as an ethnic group and says those living inÃÂ ...
Mr. Thin Myu is one of a few dozen fishermen left in Myanmar who ... freshwater rivers and bays, including in Bangladesh and Indonesia, ... Irrawaddy dolphins breaching the surface of the river as they come to help fishermen.
Myanmar, also known as Burma, considers them Bangladeshi interlopers, ... The 20 bodies were pulled early Thursday from the Naf River, Ariful Islam, .... and throwing them into rivers, mutilating women and torching houses.
... which the Ganga and Mekong rivers flow - India, Thailand, Myanmar, ... traders along the Mekong river, which was the main artery of culturalÃÂ ...
monsoon rains and increased water levels in major rivers have caused seasonal floods in Myanmar, primarily affecting Magway, ... along the banks of the Ayayerwady River and may be displaced multiple times as flooding isÃÂ ...
monsoon rains and increased water levels in major rivers have caused seasonal floods in ... According to the government of Myanmar's Relief and ResettlementÃÂ ...
The U.N.-backed human rights Council has approved a resolution by consensus to "dispatch urgently" an international fact-finding mission to Myanmar to probe alleged abuses by military and security forces, particularly in Rakhine State. The 47-memberÃÂ ...
... Township were practically evacuated after news circulated that a landslide had caused water to leak from the 252,500-cubic-feet capacity reservoir known as Weigyi dam [not to be confused with the 5,000-megawatt Weigyi Dam on the Salween River].
BALUKHALI, Bangladesh, March 20 (Reuters) - Scared, hungry and badly beaten, Rohingyawomen fleeing an army crackdown in Myanmar recount harrowing tales of destruction and death: a father burned alive, an uncle slaughtered with a machete, a brother ...
Seventy per cent of the riverbank reinforcement work along the Ayeyawady and Chindwin rivers in Magway Region has been finished, according to the regional Department of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems. Over 100 riverbank villagesÃÂ ...
The United States Navy expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4) will make a goodwill port visit to Yangon, Myanmar March 21-25 to enhance friendship and cultural exchange between U.S. service members and the people of Myanmar.
The Thanlwin Bridge, which spans the Salween River and is Myanmar's longest bridge, would become the Bogyoke Aung San Bridge following a proposition by lawmakers within Suu Kyi's National League For Democracy (NLD) party.
As the Karen National Union prepares to elect a new leadership body this week, displaced Karen families joined a local environmental group in lobbying...
The authorities are yet to take action against illegal boats mining gold upstream of the Chindwin River, said Khamti MP. MP Thein Hlaing Win said: "I reported to the chief minister of Sagaing Region concerning the gold rush in the river, along with ...
In September, spectacular drone footage revealed the beauty of the waterfalls, rapids, ancient temples and islets of the Nam Pang River, a tributary of the Salween in northern Myanmar's Shan state known as Kun hing, or "thousand islands." The footage ...
Tin, her husband and five children have cleared years of refugee hurdles to come to the U.S.: blood tests, interviews, DNA and fingerprints, background checks.
Similar rallies were staged across Kachin, Shan, Karen and Karrenni states, according to a statement from the Burma rivers Network, the Save the Salween Network and the Burma Environment Working Group. By 2030, the statement says, Myanmar intends to ...
Tension between the central government and ethnic militias in the northern region near China's Yunnan Province erupted March 6 in Laukkai, capital of the Kokang special region and an important trading town on the Salween River, which forms Myanmar'sÃÂ ...
Myanmar's large gas and oil reserves are being piped for export to China and Thailand so an obvious solution is to tap its vast potential hydro resources - particularly on the Irrawaddy and the Salween rivers that flow down from the Himalayan glaciers ...
RANGOON - On the occasion of the International Day of Action for Rivers, campaigners in Burma rejected plans for large dams in Burma's ethnic minority areas and said local people have the right to decide how to use their resources. More than 16 ethnicÃÂ ...
The Amarapura Urban Development Project will be undertaken on more than 1012 hectares (2500 acres) of land located along the Ayeyarwady River bank south of Mandalay in Amarapura township. Currently, the company is preparing the environmentalÃÂ ...
I first visited Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) in February 2013, two months after then-U.S. President Barack Obama's landmark visit to that country.
NAYPYIDAW - Nearly half of the 1.2 million childworkers in Burma are engaged in a hazardous occupation, estimated the Union Minister for Labor, Immigration and population U Thein Swe.
A man from south east Cornwall has taken part in one of the most unusual races in the world - and crossed three different countries in only three hours.
A U.N. expert on Myanmar says she's "disappointed" at the lack of "appetite" at the human rights Council to back her call for the creation of Commission of Inquiry into alleged crimes against the Rohingya minority.
Phyo Wai Kyaw / The Myanmar Times. For the villagers living on the banks of a river, the river water is used for different purposes like drinking water, washing or cleaning, agriculture and a valuable natural means of transportation.
She could try to continue up to the summit and be part of the group that learned the true height of the Hkakabo Razi mountain. While it had been speculated that the mountain in northern Myanmar was the tallest in Southeast Asia, it had never been ...
"At the moment, decision makers do not have a bird's eye view of Myanmar's river basins and a comprehensive document that outlines stakeholders' environmental and social issues," said Ms Kate Lazarus, the team leader for the IFC's environmental and ...
... (beach lovers can easily pair a Burmese trip with a picturesque island next door, like Koh Samui), Bangladesh, India, and China, it's a country that's been influenced by many cultures, including British, since England ruled until the mid-20th ...
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